John Bisdee (1796-1862), farmer and public servant, was born on 17 April 1796 at Oldmixon, Somerset, the eldest son of Thomas Bisdee (1770–1842), farmer, of Oldmixon, Somerset, England, and his wife Elizabeth, née Bishop (1774–1843).
He eloped with his first wife Ann, née Green, in 1819, and sailed with her to Van Diemen's Land in the Westmoreland, arriving at Hobart Town in May 1821.
He was granted 700 acres on the Clyde at Bothwell, which he exchanged for better land at White Hills (Hutton Park , Melton Mowbray, Tasmania), near Jericho. Within a year he was appointed governor of the Hobart Town gaol, chief constable for the district of Murray, and keeper of the Hobart pound.
In 1833 he resigned as governor of the gaol when he was he was made a justice of the peace and Hutton Park became his permanent home.
He married secondly Henrietta Charlotte Miller on the 25th of August 1853 at Tasmania, Australia. They returned to England before 1861 when they were listed on that years census at 34, Queens Road, Marylebone, London.
He died on the 28th of November 1862 at Hutton, Somerset, England and was buried there in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard.
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He eloped with his first wife Ann, née Green, in 1819, and sailed with her to Van Diemen's Land in the Westmoreland, arriving at Hobart Town in May 1821.
He was granted 700 acres on the Clyde at Bothwell, which he exchanged for better land at White Hills (Hutton Park , Melton Mowbray, Tasmania), near Jericho. Within a year he was appointed governor of the Hobart Town gaol, chief constable for the district of Murray, and keeper of the Hobart pound.
In 1833 he resigned as governor of the gaol when he was he was made a justice of the peace and Hutton Park became his permanent home.
He married secondly Henrietta Charlotte Miller on the 25th of August 1853 at Tasmania, Australia. They returned to England before 1861 when they were listed on that years census at 34, Queens Road, Marylebone, London.
He died on the 28th of November 1862 at Hutton, Somerset, England and was buried there in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard.
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John Bisdee (1796-1862), farmer and public servant, was born on 17 April 1796 at Oldmixon, Somerset, the eldest son of Thomas Bisdee (1770–1842), farmer, of Oldmixon, Somerset, England, and his wife Elizabeth, née Bishop (1774–1843).
He eloped with his first wife Ann, née Green, in 1819, and sailed with her to Van Diemen's Land in the Westmoreland, arriving at Hobart Town in May 1821.
He was granted 700 acres on the Clyde at Bothwell, which he exchanged for better land at White Hills (Hutton Park , Melton Mowbray, Tasmania), near Jericho. Within a year he was appointed governor of the Hobart Town gaol, chief constable for the district of Murray, and keeper of the Hobart pound.
In 1833 he resigned as governor of the gaol when he was he was made a justice of the peace and Hutton Park became his permanent home.
He married secondly Henrietta Charlotte Miller on the 25th of August 1853 at Tasmania, Australia. They returned to England before 1861 when they were listed on that years census at 34, Queens Road, Marylebone, London.
He died on the 28th of November 1862 at Hutton, Somerset, England and was buried there in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard.
Contributed by Molebong (49115014)
He eloped with his first wife Ann, née Green, in 1819, and sailed with her to Van Diemen's Land in the Westmoreland, arriving at Hobart Town in May 1821.
He was granted 700 acres on the Clyde at Bothwell, which he exchanged for better land at White Hills (Hutton Park , Melton Mowbray, Tasmania), near Jericho. Within a year he was appointed governor of the Hobart Town gaol, chief constable for the district of Murray, and keeper of the Hobart pound.
In 1833 he resigned as governor of the gaol when he was he was made a justice of the peace and Hutton Park became his permanent home.
He married secondly Henrietta Charlotte Miller on the 25th of August 1853 at Tasmania, Australia. They returned to England before 1861 when they were listed on that years census at 34, Queens Road, Marylebone, London.
He died on the 28th of November 1862 at Hutton, Somerset, England and was buried there in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard.
Contributed by Molebong (49115014)
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